Well, i fell ONLY once !I guess I remember some from last year's first tries :D

Yesss... the proof... the brown guys can skate tooo !!

I felt like I m learning how to walk ! Soo hard to keep balance on the knees :DAbout to fall here !

Xia moon walking

(Good to have her there, otherwise who would document that I can skate :D)

Here is a video too !!

Tips for someone who has never done skating before, I am giving you 'formulas' :)

- Dont be afraid to fall... accept the fact that you will fall many times. Believe that falling is part of the fun

- It will be really hard at the beginning, still try to keep the knees a bit bended. I remember at the first day, it was impossible for me to bend knees, I was trying to stand straight. Bending knees will give you more control later.

- Try to fall forward, rather backward. At the beginning you will tend to fall backward.. try to bring your center of gravity forward and keep knees bended. Soon you will be surprised to learn to keep your balance.

- After you learn to stand, try to move your balance to one leg only and then the other. When you walk, you shift your weight from one leg to another. Try the same trick here. First stand on leg one, now push forward with the other leg and try to keep your full balance on leg one. Very soon you will get the idea and you will be able to move fast.

- Dont even try to stop at the beginning. Just stop pushing and you will slow down and stop. Stopping is hard, so at the beginning dont frustrate yourself by trying to stop.

I got these tips from different people on different days... I have got many many other tips, but these are the keys to learn skating. I do pretty well remember how I learnt it, so it is easier for me to tell you.

Thanks goes to Shup and Kate for the first three pics... They had left good stuffs with me !

By the way, I have been at Pekka's place (one of my project managers, Pekka Aho). He wanted to learn how to cook spicy dishes. So we cooked polao, chicken korma ( modified version) and beef jhal fry. Pekka taught me cooking Blue cheese mashroom soup, it was awesome ( and since it was tasty, as always, it was quite unhealthy with looooots of cheese ... haha )

I have totally enjoyed exploring your blog! Fascinating perceptions of the world around you! I am utterly intrigued. I am sure it is because your origins are Bangladesh and you live in Finland. So refreshing to find a different perspective!

Last night I found this comment in the last post.

If this comment was by my mom or Shanila, I might have said, this is because of love... love had added extra spices to the reader. If this was by Eamon, Rahin, Jalal or my other friends, I might have said, hmm... good frineds... good inspirations !!! But this comment was by some completely unknown person Gemma Wiseman

...How did I land here? i was looking for information on the kite festival in St Martin's Island and found you! I have been wandering here ever since! lol

I was aamazed, surprised and unbelievably happy :)

I have been writing ( mostly in my language Bangla) for a long time now (99.99% of them are not public and have never been posted anywhere). I also maintain 5 blogs ( 4 are private, I use them as kinda paperless diaries). But this blog is the only place where I have been writing public posts. When some unknown reader comments that she liked to read them, I do have to take a deep breath of satisfaction... complete satisfaction.

I have totally enjoyed exploring your blog! Fascinating perceptions of the world around you! I am utterly intrigued. I am sure it is because your origins are Bangladesh and you live in Finland. So refreshing to find a different perspective! How did I land here? i was looking for information on the kite festival in St Martin's Island and found you! I have been wandering here ever since! lol

What do u guess as World's best selling consumer electronics products?Tv?Ipod?Playstation?Cars?

Nop, it's Nokia 1100 !!!!!!!!!! ( I was quite surprised too !)

This is also the world's best selling phone set !!!

Over 200 million Nokia 1100 cellphones have been sold since its launch in late 2003, making it the world's best selling phone handset, as well as one of the best selling consumer electronics devices in the world, beating

It has been quite a long time actually since I have posted last time !!!

Have you been wondering if there has been nothing happening in my life ? (At least Rahin was wondering :D). As a matter of fact quite many things have been happening ( and sharable) but I guess I was lazy enuf not to post.

It all started 22 December 2007.I have been doing absolutely nothing for the following the days :

The first five consecutive days were amazingly lazy !! I have decided to make it the longest laziness I have ever had. And I guess I made it. For four days I have not stepped out of my door.(Fifth day I had to go outside to attend a dinner gathering). It was the longest time I have ever been in home alone, without stepping out a single foot step.

I had been reading, watching movies, playing guitar, cooking, singing alone, writing, lying around and listening music. It was more fun than I expected.

I guess my laziness even kept me away from posting here :D

Well, time to say bye to laziness and wake up... New year will start its "busyness" in full speed from today. I wonder when will be the next holiday !! Not so close for sure !